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a ta a ae a cea A a a a She Oshawa Times | 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher : SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1965--PAGE 4 Another low rental housing pro- ject, sponsored jointly by the federal and provincial governments and the city of Oshawa, has been approved for this city. The project, however, is quite a small one, em- bracing only 18 housing units, in- tended to be occupied by families in the low income brackets, The estimated cost of the project is $242,000, which works out at ap- proximately $13,440 per unit. This is very close to the figure at which average type modern homes are now being built and sold in Osh- awa. As these housing units will have three or four bedrooms, they will be large enough to accommo- date families. One interesting part of the project is that the rents to be charged will be related to the incomes of the occupants. Thus the plan does not envisage that there must be an economic rental from the standpoint of meeting the costs and carrying charges. Any deficits Premier John Robarts of Ontario has announced that a medical health insurance plan for Ontario is to be introduced in the Legisl-ture in the course of the coming session. While the plan has not been spelled out in detail, sufficient information has been given as to what it will in- volve to lead to the belief that the proposad plan will fall far short of a government-operated health service. Tf anything, the proposed legis- lation will simply extend the scope of the present private health in- aurance plans operated by insurance companies and by Physicians and Surgeons Incorporated. It will still be operated through these agencies. The government will step in merely to assist indigents and low income citizens in paying their health in- surance premiums by means of sub- sidies. To secure these subsidies would involve a means test. If that is all that is intended, as An interesting experiment in the operation of municipal welfare ser- vices has been carried out in Ham- ilton, Ontario, in co-operation with the provincial department of public welfare. It dealt with what are known as long-term welfare cases, in which assistance has to be given to families or individuals over ex- tended periods. The method of carrying out the experiment was interesting. The Hamilton welfare department hand- led 100 cases for special long-term treatment and study by two case workers. Another 100 cases were distributed for normal treatment among other welfare workers. The results showed the value of the special study. Of the 100 cases given special treatment, 56 were closed and re- moved from the welfare lists within six months. Of the 100 handled by '\ the normal precedures, only 21 had been closed in the same period of She Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher R. ©. ROOKE, General Manager C. J. MeCONECHY Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshowo Times {established 1871) ond the Whitby. Gazette ond Chronicle established 1863) is published daily Sundays ond Statutory holidays. excepted). Members of Canadion Daily. Newspaper Publish- ers Association. The Canodian Press, Audit Bureou of Circulation and the' Ontario Provincial Dailies Association. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use of republication of all news despatched in the paper credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters, ond aiso the local news ,published therein. All rights of special des patches ore also reserved. Otfices:. Thomson Building, 425 University Avenue, Toronte, Ontorio; 640 Cathcart Street, Montreal, P.Q. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by corriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Greve, Hampton, Frenchman's Boy, Liverpee!, Taunton, tyrone, Dunberton, Enniskillen, Brono, Leskerd, Brougham Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglon, Blackstock, Manchester, Pontypool end Newcastle not over SOc per week. By mall in Province of Ontario) outside corriers delivery oreos 12 00 per year, Other Pr end Co Countries 15,00, USA. end foreign 24.00, _ More Low Rental Homes Would Be Welcome Here incurred will be shared by the three participating governments on & basic which leaves the city respon- sible for only 7% per cent. This scheme is being developed along very much the same lines as council housing in the United King- dom. The idea behind it is much the same, that of providing suitable housing for low income families at rents they can afford to pay. In the United Kingdom, more than half of the new homes built since 1946 have been in this category. The scheme will be welcomed in Oshawa as one which is needed. The only regret that can be expressed is that it.is so limited in its scope. There is a need in the city for a great many more homes to fit the purses of people with low in- comes, and with the prevailing rent levels, they are just not available. However, the provision of 18 more of these homes is welcomed. Our hope is that it is not the end, but only the beginning, of housing pro- jects of this type. Robart's Medical Plan is implied in the announcement made, the plan will be a poor sub- stitute for a proper medical health service such as is provided for the people of Great Britain. Because of this, we feel that the Ontario gov- ernment is acting too hastily in bringing it before the Legislature this year, before the details of the federal government's plan for na- tional health insurance are avail- able. As we understand it, the proposed Ontario plan would be in direct con- flict with the plan which has been suggested by a federal health com- mission. The provincial govern- ment, however, is determined to go ahead with its own legislation, in- adequate as it seems to be. It would be much wiser to wait until the na- tional plan has been revealed by the federal government, because there would be great advantages in having a plan covering the whole of Canada rather: than a hodge-podge of 'separate provincial schemes. Experiment In Welfare time. The savings made amounted to $14,500 in the special study group and $45000 in the group handled normally. Through the medium of the spe- cial long-term study, practical and effective plans to make the reci+ pients of assistance self-supporting were carried out. There is a real lesson in this for other municipalities which have serious welfare assistance problems and heavy case loads, One of these is that by using more welfare work- ers, and devoting more time to solving the problems of the welfare cases, money can be saved by the municipalities. And what is more important, more families can be re- moved from the lists of those de- pendent upon assistance from the welfare department, Such a' program calls for operation from medical, vocational and psychiatric sources in order to solve family problems, but the ex- periment has shown that it is worth while to embark on such a project, cO- Other Editors' Views BUT NOT THE PIANO (Christian Science Monitor) It was only a filler in a news- paper, but it left a song in our heart. A California court decided that a resident who declares him- self bankrupt need not give up possessions. of a musica] instru- ment such as a piano. Such instru- ments are "essential tq, the life and well-being of the indiW ual," aid the judicial opinion. We are glad to read of a.court with a nice ear for humanity. It is not only the financially bankrupt who can find a saving grace note in the old 88. SEE OURSELVES AS OTHER SEE US CANADA'S RAILWAYS Taking Opposite Views Of Passenger Traffic By BEN WARD OTTAWA (CP) -- Canada's two big railways took off in opposite directions during 1964 on the issue of passenger train services and their future. The privately owned CPR made it plain that it would like to get out of the passenger busi- ness, and probably will. The publicly owned CNR said it is determined to remain in the passenger business and is on a campaign to make train travel popular again. In 'recent months Chairman N. R. Crump and President R. A. Emerson of the CPR have given voice to the, railway's disillusionment with continuing passenger train deficits. "I can see no future in it," Mr, Crump said in a Vancouver speech. "There will be a steady reduc- tion in rail passenger service until it disappears entirely," Mr. Emerson told a Winnipeg audience. But Pierre Delagrave, CNR vice - president for passenger sales, said at Hamilton: "We believe that improved train schedules, upgrading of passenger - carrying Cars, greater amenities, better sales services, all of which we are developing, will increase the attractiveness of trains," GALLUP POLL Both railways have been los- ing heavily on passenger serv- ices in recent years. The CPR dropped about $19,000,000 in 1963; the CNR, with more lines, about double that. This financial situation will be sharply reversed if the new railway legislation now before Parliament is approved. Under it, railways will be 'allowed to scrap all passenger runs that lose money. serving communi- ties which have adequate high- way links. The legislation would give the railways five years to get rid of their losing lines and pay them a subsidy in the meantime to eover passenger train deficits. This five-year subsidy ar- rangement would provide a total of $120,000,000 for the CNR and $66,000,000 for the CPR. Even the CNR, dedicated as it is to the revival of large- volume passenger traffic, ex- pects to take advantage of this plan. "We will abandon those lines that the public has already abandoned," Mr, Delagrave has said. FARES REDUCED The CNR's drive to bring travellers back to the trains began in earnest two years ago when it launched a Maritimes Three In Ten Think China Most Warlike By THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION (World Copyright Reserved) Since the explosion of a nuclear bomb in China, Cana- dians have changed their minds about which country -- Russia or China -- is the greater menace to world peace. Four-in-ten say the western countries can live peacefully with China and about three-in-ten claim we cannot coexist, In regard to Russia, six-in-ten think we can live in peace and two-in-ten look for a major war, sooner or later. When a similar question was asked in 1963, thirty-two percent named China as the greater menace to peace and 27%, named 'Russia. The question: "DO YOU THINK THE WESTERN COUNTRIES CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE PEACEFULLY WITH THE CHINESE, OR DO YOU THINK THERE IS BOUND TO BE A MAJOR WAR SOONER OR LATER WITH THE CHINESE?" Can live Will be peace fully war Undecided TOTAL 42 % 35% 23%, Education: Public school 35 39 26 High school 45 33 22 University 49 33 18 TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan. 9, 1965... Sir Anthony Eden resigned as Britain's Prime Minister eight years ago today--in 1957 -- after less than two years in office. Hil health was given as the reason at the time for his decision to step down, but his action was generally ascribed to the reaction to Britain's role in the Suez 'invasion of the previous winter when with French support, Britain at- tempted to prevent Egypt gaining complete control of the Suez Canal. Sir Anthony Eden, who followed the Con- servative Party rule of Sir Winston. Churchill, was re- placed by Harold Macmil- lan as Prime Minister 1818--The miner's safety lamp, invented by Britain's Sir Humphrey, Davy, was first used in the mines 1861--The first shots in the U.S. Civil War were fired when a steamship was at- tacked by Confederate bat- teries at Charleston. First World War Fifty years ago today--in 1915 -- the Princess Pa- tricia's Canadian. Light In- « fantry went into action on the Western Front; Allied troops consolidated gains north of Soissons but Ger- mans reported gains in the Argonne; Russians entered Transylvania Second World War | Twenty-five years ago to- day--in 1940--British Prime Minister Chamberlain spoke of "grimmer"' war days ahead; a Russian communi- que admitted Red Army withdrawals in Finland; most of the. ammunition stolen two weeks before in Eire had been recovered, authorities said. experiment in cheaper fares and package trips. Its 'red, white and blue" fare plan of- fered three prices, the cheapest applying on midweek days when normal passenger traffic was the lightest. In 1963 the CPR reported pas- senger revenue of $25,000,000, a drop of four per cent from 1962. CNR passenger revenue was $44,400,000, up one per cent from the preyious year, and it is predicting a 15-per-cent gain for 1964. The CNR admits it still has a long way to go before the battle against the private auto- mobile is won, but feels the trend has started in that direc- tion. MAC'S MUSINGS We are just like the Average individual who Is usually referred to as "The Man in the Street" And we believe that we Share his views and opinions Regarding the sad trouble That is besetting the world Which has become divided Into two opposing camps, That of the dictatorships, And that of free peoples. The average man wonders Why it is not possible For the leaders of the Opposing camps to sit down Around a common table and Discuss all their problems, Reveal their aspirations, Make known their desires, And in gambling parlance, 'Place all their cards Face up on the table," In an honest effort To find a solution For their tangled problems, What is needed today Is a meeting of minds, Rather than the use of Armed force of any kind, Because if individuals Can settle their differences By conference and goodwill There is no reason why Nations cannot do the same. That may be idealistic, But we believe that if The leaders of nations Were determined to meet Each other with frankness And try honestly to bring Their views closer together, Much could be: achieved To make the world a place Of everlasting peace. dan, 9, 1965 POIN PARAGRAPHS Capitalism is supposed to be the enemy of Communism, but in Russia factories are reaping large profits by operating un- der a private enterprise sys- tem. A United States minister says that sin-is costing his country $13 million a year. That is the prize under - statement of the century. BIBLE THOUGHT "And Joseph was the gover- nor over the land, ... and saw his brethren, and he knew them ... but they knew not him." Genesis 42; 6, 7, 8. Life is strange and some- times on a revolving basis. The man whose life they sold down into Egypt, now held their own lives in his hand. 'God puts down one and raises up an- other " REMEMBER WHEN Thirty Club Was Once Lively Social Group By M. McINTYRE HOOD Browsing through an old copy of the Oshawa Times, dated 1927, I came across an interest- ing article telling the story of the "Thirty Club'. That struck a responsive chord in my mem- ory, because it recalled many pleasant evenings spent in that club back in 1929 and the early 1930s, It set me to wondering how many of the leading citi- zens of that once active social organization of Oshawa's bygone days are still with us. The Thirty Club was Organ- ized in 1892. Its first president was the late Dr, D. S. Hoig. In his interesting little book, "Reminiscences and Recollec- tions" he records that it de- veloped to some extent from a former: social club, which after a short and chequered career, expired. A billiard table and some card tables had been seized by its landlord and offer- ed for sale. It was the existence of this equipment which first suggested to the founders of the Thirty Club the idea of another and hbetter-equipped club. FEW DIVERSIONS THEN Oshawa did not then have the diversity of entertainments and, recreational amenities that it has now. Indeed, the deadly dullness of the life of the aver- age Canadian town at that period is hard to realize now. It was especially so for men living in hotels and boarding houses. Not one of the things that brighten. the life of a modern town had then come into exis- tence. In 1892, there were no automobiles, no motion picture theatres, no radio or television. The only amusements during the winter months were an oc- casional visit from a company of strolling actors, chiefly the Marks Brothers Company. There would be an annual min- strel show, with an 'Uncle Tom's Cabin" presentation, and a colorful street parade of dark- ies, brass bands and_ blood- hounds. Sometimes an elocution- ist or a magician would make a one-night stand in Oshawa. These came, like the plums in a boarding house plum pudding, at rare intervals, OPENED CLUB ROOM Under these conditions, the Thirty Club came to meet a long-felt need of the men of the town. A comfortable club room was opened, above the Burns' Shoe Store at the corner of King and Simcoe streets. For a small annual fee, many of the better- known men of the town could meet each other, engage in con- versation or play cards, In fact, during the period of its exis- tence, its membership roll form- ed a golden book of the town's outstanding figures in industrial, business and professional life. Probably the roll of the Thirty Club furnished more names to Canada's "Who's Who' than any other organiaztion of sim- ilar size in the Dominion, CHARTER OFFICERS The charter officers of the club presented a formidable list. They were Dr. D. S. Hoig, presi- dent; R. C. Babbitt, secretary; executive committee, Dr. T. E. Kaiser, Robert McCaw and Perey, H. Punshon. The quarters over the Burns' Shoe Store were occupied until 1917, It is interesting to note the names of those who were presi- dent of the club up to that time. They were: 1892 - 1895, Dr: D. S. Hoig; 1895 to 1904, W. F. Cowan; 1904 - 1908, Dr. T. E. Kaiser; 1908 - 1911, H. T. Carswell; 1912, R. J, Cowan; 1913, M. F. Smith; 1914 - 1915, W. F. Eaton; 1916, OTTAWA REPORT Caustic Views On Parliament By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWA--I would like to think that Mr. Hal F, Timer MP, 'the 'all-Canadian delegate to our national Town Hall Meeting, has made a New Year's resolution to raise his own standards. Specifically, [ hope he has resolved to heed the criticism of his fellow-MP, Dr, Pauline Jewett. As a newly-elected Liberal MP drawing upon the theoret- ical wisdom appropriate to her former status as head of the department of political science at Carleton University, Miss Jewett made a revealing com- ment in a guest column which she wrote for me 18 months ago: "My strongest impression of the House of Commins is that it is not the great forum for debate that one expects it to be and that it surely ought to be," MPs TOO TRITE The Charlottetown Guardian, which publishes some of the most thoughtful and percipient editorials on federal politics to be found in any Canadian news- paper, suggests that "the public advantage calls for politicians charged with a new sense of responsibility and dedication to this country's best interest.' It adds that this is what we were led to expect when MPs were better paid. The Guardian might with reason have pointed out that it is hard to make a , silk purse out of a sow's ear: we elected candidates for a $10- 000 a year job, and they then Dr. F. L. Henry; 1917, Col. J. F. Grierson. In December, 1917, the Thirty Club moved to new quarters in the upper two storeys of the Dominion Bank b on the north-west corner of * and Simcoe streets. For a time, after the demise of the club, these rooms formed the private offices of the late George W. McLaughlin, : It was in these rooms that I READERS | WRITE... age) this letter under 'Opinion of Oth- ers'"' I can't keep quiet to every- thing you put in your paper. Who are you trying to impress with your article "Oshawa had a Good Year; Looks Ahead to Better,' printed December 31, 1964; and in January 4, 1965, with the remark 'As the econ- omy and standard of living rose astronomically" in "1964 Year of Progress for Oshawa became familiar with the club. i the City Hall for Tax Its lounge, reading room, card room and billiard room were tastefully furnished. In them were several oil paintings by well-known artists, Place of merit was given to a painting of the Yosemite Valley, signed by the late Robert McLaughlin. Enlarged pictures of former members of the club were fea- tures of the reading room, in- cluding those of F. W. Cowan, Alfred Hinds, T. H. McMillan and R, S. Hamlin, UNWRITTEN LAWS The club had no written con~ stitution or rules. But there were certain standards which were observed by gentlemen's agreement. No games were played for money. No liquor was permitted on the premises, and indecent stories were strictly tabooed. The passing of time, however, drew members away from the club. The seductive influence of motor cars, motion and talking pictures and radio, and other modern attractions, weaned away the members until, in the early 1930s, the club just ceased to exist. I have before me a roster of the membership for the year 1927. Of that company, few are left today. But to make the rec- ord complete, here are their names: MEMBERS OF 1927 O. M. Alger, J. H. Beaton, H. A. Butt, Charles Bowra, H. L. Bloomfield, W. G. Bone, F. W. Cowan, A. E. Cutler, G. D. Conant, W. A. "Coad, T. K. Creighton, R. H. Carpenter, D. A. Cowan, L. G. Drew, George Drew, H. Duncan, F, Flintoff, Dr. Fi WwW. R es I bet that there are thousands in our city, who don't make $100 a week. . Me for instance. I am work- ing for the Ontario Government and earn only $60 a week. On that, I should support a family too, which is almost impossible in these days of astronomical living-standards, A, MUELLOR, 229 Nassau street, Oshawa, : OPINIONS OF OTHERS BETTER THAN, CARTOONS The CBC missed a good bet when it scheduled the fine National Film Board film The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson, as late as 10.30 p.m. It would have been a service to school children to show it in the early evening, instead of repeating cartoons for the umpteenth time. History is too often a dull subject in schools and when a good film brings a phase of it to Jife, full advantage should be taken of the opportunity, --Port Arthur News-Chtenicle CHANGING STANDARDS A generation ago most Cana- dians believed in the British Empire, Christianity, hard work, individual liberty and the virtues of modesty, bravery, thrift and loyalty; the view- point of the solid middle-class "establishment" of the time. Today any Canadian basing his ' attitudes on such a set of stan- dards would be considered a hopel "square"; indeed, the Geikie, J. C. Fowlds, J. V. Find- ley, George Finegan, J. F. Grierson, Dr. W. Gifford, Dr. L. A. Hubbell, Dr. D. S. Hoig, E. C. Hodgins, F, E. Hare, E, M. Henry, Dr. F. L. Henry, A. D. Henry, George Hezzlewood, C, N. Henry, H. Jewett, S. L. Jones, Don Kinloch, W. H. Karn, W. P. Knight, C. A. Kinnear, O. H. Luke, E. V. Lander, R. B. Lazier, Gordon Lefebvre, W. G. Love, Earl Moore, C. M. Mundy, L. A. McClaren, G. B. Mother- sill, T. B. Mothersill, E, Mother- sill, R. W. Millichamp, G, Mor- ris, R. Moffatt, T. B. Mitchell, J. McDowell, R. S. McLaughlin, G. W. McLaughlin, E. McLaugh- lin, T. H. McMurtry, Dr. T. W. G. MacKay, R. S. Morphy, W. H. A. Patte, W. Eric Phillips, R. D. Preston, F. J. Reddin, Charles Robson, W. E. N. Sin- clair, L, Stevenson, Charles Schofield, John Stanton, H. P. Schell, C. Thomas, J. F. Tam- blyn, J. N. Thickson, A. L. Tos- land, Samuel Trees, D. A, Val- leau and R. I. Woon. These were all familiar names in Oshawa when I first came to live in this city, We have known every one of these men, and the memory of them lingers. I can count only eight or ten of that list who are living today. Of one or two more I am uncertain. And I am quite sure that this small group left of that list will look back with nostalgic thoughts to the happy times they spent in the Thirty Club in the years when they were much younger than they are now. promptly voted themselves an increase to $18,000. The obvious criticism of this is not that the job is not worth $18,000--if per- formed by suitable MPs--but that the higher price tag should have been put on' the job just before an election, rather than just after, to attract $18,000 candidates, But perhaps it is not too much to hope that the more enlight- ened among our present MPs may now sense the need so appropriately highlighted by the Guardian. The need is to make Parliament into the great forum for the discussion of the im- portant issues of the day, which it ought to be. 3 There is a conflict of interest here, and this will continue un- til the Canadian public shows a more intelligent and active con- cern about what goes on on Parliament: Hill. : League, very concept of believing in anything is outdated, our present-day society preferring to orient itself vaguely along the line of various trends and theories rather than commit itself to any firmly-held philoso- phy. : --Orillia Packet and Times SYSTEM -DISGRACEFUL The shameful state of Can- ada's penal system, including in that reference jails.as well as prisons, has been known for generations. For penitentiary conditions, governments have had responsibility and so has Parliament as a whole. If Par- liament had been consistently more concerned about prison conditions, the Justice Depart- ment's budget would have pro- vided the money necessary to correct them, Montreal Star - BY-GONE DAYS 25 YEARS AGO Jan. 9, 1940 Albert C. Love was re-elected for his 18th term as secretary- treasurer of the Oshawa Sep- arate School Board, James Haxton, defeated can- didate for mayor, was appointed to' the Parks Commission. Mr. and Mrs. William Smith, Whitby, celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary. Mr. Smith had served on the Whitby Fire Department for 50 years and at the time of his retirement was made honorary fire chief. - 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 9, 1925 Week of Prayer opened with Harold Gay, president of Sim- coe Street Young People's acting as chairman. Cecil Bint, Lloyd Kelly and Fred Crome assisted in the ser- vice, The address was deliyer- ed by Rev. F. J, Maxwell of the Presbyterian Church.-: The Salvation Army opened a Sunday School at the home of Mr, D. Childerhose, Pine av- enue. 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